Revelation 21:1-8; Chaoters 19-20 wrap up the problem of sin, death and evil in the world with the casting of the beast, false prophet and Satan in the “lake of burning sulfur“. Then the great white throne judgement calls to account all those who rejected the gift of grace and faith through the atoning sacrifice […]

Revelation 20:7-15; The peaceful thousand year reign of Christ and the saints comes to an end as Satan is released from imprisonment in the Abyss. The evil one immediately employs deception, his most prolific weapon, to rally the unrepentant as a massive army marching against the city of Bod. At Armageddon, Christ destroyed the beast’s […]

Revelation 20:1-6; With the swift and decisive defeat of the beast, false prophet and their huge army at Armageddon, Jesus Christ, the “rider on the white horse” inaugurates his millennial reign on earth. Before that begins, and angel from heaven is sent with the key to the Abyss and a great chain with which to […]

I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 19 details John’s visions of the “rider on the white horse” with the “armies of heaven” following him to defeat the beast and his armies on earth. However, nothing is mentioned about the arrival of the church in heaven, other than the host of martyrs who are killed during the Tribulation […]

Revelation 19:11-21, Following the joyful celebration in heaven of the destructiong of Babylon and the “wedding supper of the Lamb“, the tone changes significantly. John sees a white horse whose rider is, “King of Kings and Lord of Lords“, who is clearly the Lord Jesus Christ. He is prepared to return to earth with the […]

Revelation 19:1-10; While the earth-dwellers mourn the destruction of Babylon, heaven is rejoicing over the end of the persecution of the saints of the Lord. John hears three worship sessions in heaven, praising the Lord for bringing just punishment upon the “great prostitutee” who has “corrupted the earth by her adulteries“. The twenty four elders […]

Revelation 18:9-24; At the destruction of Babylon by the beast and ten vasal kings, three groups of people were especially affected by the loss. The kings of the earth, the merchants and the mariners who most benefitted from their association with the “great prostitute” sand their lament with weeping and mourning. Yet they stood “far […]

Revelation 18:1-8; John clearly notes the visions of chap.27 have concluded, as another angel comes down from heaven. This angel had “great authority and the earth was illuminated by his splendor“. He announces to all creation, “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!“, then describes the sad state the great city will become. Another voice from […]

Revelation 17:7-18; Addressing John’s amazement at the “great prostitute” riding the back of the red beast, the angel reveals the meaning of the beast’s seven heads and ten horns. They represent kings and kingdom that will set up the end times and appear in during the end times. The ten horns are vassal kings that […]

Revelation 17:1-6; Following the seven bowl judgements in chapters 15 and 16, John is visited by one of the angels who had poured out his assigned bowl. This is not sequential to the final bowl judgement, but a side-bar that reveals how Yahweh-God looks at the fallen nature of the earth. John is invited, “Come, […]